For the desert crusade!

The first half of the Heatstrokian army is made up of mercenaries and contractors working for money. They arrive from across the wasteland from dried up villages and conquered city states wearing whatever armor they could afford and carrying whatever weapons they could loot. Some have scoped rifles, relics from the old world passed down through generations of hired killers. Some have automatic weapons stolen from SLUMTOWN supply convoys. Many have only a rusted bolt-action and a knife. They don't find for Heatstrokian ideology or the crusade, but for money and wealth.

The second half is made up of conscripts pulled from desert towns and cities given a rifle. They have no training, no armor and no loyalty. Some are volunteers, most are not. Most are rounded up by the Sheikh's enforcers, loaded onto trucks and driven to the front. Heatstroke does not have a unified command structure like SLUMTOWN or Prostuda. There is no Party, no Ministry of War or Grand Strategy. There is the Autarch and the Autarch's gold and a network of warlords and emirs. Bridages are usually led by an Emir.

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WHAT THE FUCK?

The world is dead, or close enough. War, ideology, and the failure of grand experiments have carved a scar across the earth. Civilization as it was once known is buried beneath ash and rust. In its place stand three gargantuan power blocs, each an empire of ideology and war.

These superstates: SLUMTOWN, PROSTUDA, and HEATSTROKE constantly shift between war and ceasefire locked in a permanent state of tension. They stretch across what can be called continents, each one dominating vast, scarred landscapes. Outside their borders lie failed nations, dead zones, and cultural ruins.

THE STORY OF EVERYTHING

Before the existence of SLUMTOWN there were tribes of rotten people. Communes banded together in the name of survival. Like any other group of sentient life in the wasteland, they fought. Fought for food, resource, land disputes or simply because others looked different. The rotten people persisted and found the power and comfort of machinery. Fueled by fire, working with smoke. No longer was survival the main purpose in life. As chieftains and shamans became lords and dictators. The strive for expansion began. The tribes united by force became SLUMTOWN. The machine yearned for more space and mineral. The slums were settled. Cities built to fuel the hunger of an ever growing force never seen before.

In other corners of the world, similar unifications occurred. Broken nations and warlord states were forcibly absorbed or devoured by ascending ideologies. The massive devastation of the Grand War, a worldwide collapse of fragile democracies and burning cities, forced these powers into existence.

After the collapse, what remained hardened into three central superstates. Borders were drawn not for peace, but to ensure endless tension. Each state maintains the illusion of permanence while barely holding back internal rot and revolt.

WHERE IS THIS?

SLUMTOWN

SLUMTOWN was founded as a result of an anti-capitalist revolution. It aimed to be the ultimate liberation of its proletariat, but soon forgot about it. The time when the Party gained such power or even the method used can be defined or trusted.

The political ideology of SLUMTOWN is UNIFIED SOCIALISM. The language of SLUMTOWN is SLUMSPEAK. The currency of SLUMTOWN is the STERLING.

SLUMTOWN is run by the Party divided into Inner Party (2%) and Outer Party (8%), which is controlled by the former. The Governor is considered the leader of the state.

Social structure of the nation consists of two strata:

Upper Strata - Unofficially called GLASSTOWN: It serves as the center of all party authority and power. Terror, surveillance and elimination of dissidents is used as a tool of keeping power here. All the upper strata is in disrepair with GLASSTOWN being only made of abandoned suburbs and concrete skyscrapers. Despite what the name suggests, GLASSTOWN doesn't actually have that much glass, being mostly made up of gray concrete. GLASSTOWN is not the capital of SLUMTOWN though, SLUMTOWN has none. This decentralization makes every city within the SLUMTOWN believe that it is the center of affairs, thus avoiding the feeling of being colonized as there is no distant capital to direct any form of dissent.

Lower Strata: Where 90% of the population (proletariat) live and work. Life within the strata consists of hard industrial factory work until death, very heavy pollution, and violence by Foremen and Corpse Control. There are at least tens of thousands of districts within the Lower Strata, all ruled by Foremen and their squads of goons. The lower strata is divided into hundreds of thousands of districts, each ruled by paranoid dictators called Foremen. Corpse Control is a local sanitation force consisting of hired goons used as the Foremans personal thug police. Most proles die within three days of crawling out of the ground from non-stop work, enemy shelling or horrific conditions.

SLUMTOWN’s territory is organized into administrative divisions called Meridians, the biggest being Meridian Two.

PROSTUDA

Spans the entire Northeast. PROSTUDA's ideology is Orthodox Collectivism.

HEATSTROKE

Spans the entire South. HEATSTROKE's ideology is THEOCRATIC ABSOLUTISM.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Between the superstates lies a continent-sized, hellish no-man's-land called the Disputed Territory, fought over by the 3 nations. Not just trenches, but ruined cities, poisoned bogs, and constant low-intensity warfare. It's where soldiers are sent to die from constant bombardment, and where all surplus production and excess population is sent.

The end is here, for someone.

The Sharpshooter is a Prostudan marksman trained for long-range elimination. They operate alone or in pairs, hunting officers, heavy weapon crews, and anyone else whose death might break an assault. They get a scoped rifle, a few rounds and whatever rations they took with them. They are essentially sent on suicide missions with minimal hope for extraction. If they do make it back they're given another rifle and sent out again.

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WHAT THE FUCK?

The world is dead, or close enough. War, ideology, and the failure of grand experiments have carved a scar across the earth. Civilization as it was once known is buried beneath ash and rust. In its place stand three gargantuan power blocs, each an empire of ideology and war.

These superstates: SLUMTOWN, PROSTUDA, and HEATSTROKE constantly shift between war and ceasefire locked in a permanent state of tension. They stretch across what can be called continents, each one dominating vast, scarred landscapes. Outside their borders lie failed nations, dead zones, and cultural ruins.

THE STORY OF EVERYTHING

Before the existence of SLUMTOWN there were tribes of rotten people. Communes banded together in the name of survival. Like any other group of sentient life in the wasteland, they fought. Fought for food, resource, land disputes or simply because others looked different. The rotten people persisted and found the power and comfort of machinery. Fueled by fire, working with smoke. No longer was survival the main purpose in life. As chieftains and shamans became lords and dictators. The strive for expansion began. The tribes united by force became SLUMTOWN. The machine yearned for more space and mineral. The slums were settled. Cities built to fuel the hunger of an ever growing force never seen before.

In other corners of the world, similar unifications occurred. Broken nations and warlord states were forcibly absorbed or devoured by ascending ideologies. The massive devastation of the Grand War, a worldwide collapse of fragile democracies and burning cities, forced these powers into existence.

After the collapse, what remained hardened into three central superstates. Borders were drawn not for peace, but to ensure endless tension. Each state maintains the illusion of permanence while barely holding back internal rot and revolt.

WHERE IS THIS?

SLUMTOWN

SLUMTOWN was founded as a result of an anti-capitalist revolution. It aimed to be the ultimate liberation of its proletariat, but soon forgot about it. The time when the Party gained such power or even the method used can be defined or trusted.

The political ideology of SLUMTOWN is UNIFIED SOCIALISM. The language of SLUMTOWN is SLUMSPEAK. The currency of SLUMTOWN is the STERLING.

SLUMTOWN is run by the Party divided into Inner Party (2%) and Outer Party (8%), which is controlled by the former. The Governor is considered the leader of the state.

Social structure of the nation consists of two strata:

Upper Strata - Unofficially called GLASSTOWN: It serves as the center of all party authority and power. Terror, surveillance and elimination of dissidents is used as a tool of keeping power here. All the upper strata is in disrepair with GLASSTOWN being only made of abandoned suburbs and concrete skyscrapers. Despite what the name suggests, GLASSTOWN doesn't actually have that much glass, being mostly made up of gray concrete. GLASSTOWN is not the capital of SLUMTOWN though, SLUMTOWN has none. This decentralization makes every city within the SLUMTOWN believe that it is the center of affairs, thus avoiding the feeling of being colonized as there is no distant capital to direct any form of dissent.

Lower Strata: Where 90% of the population (proletariat) live and work. Life within the strata consists of hard industrial factory work until death, very heavy pollution, and violence by Foremen and Corpse Control. There are at least tens of thousands of districts within the Lower Strata, all ruled by Foremen and their squads of goons. The lower strata is divided into hundreds of thousands of districts, each ruled by paranoid dictators called Foremen. Corpse Control is a local sanitation force consisting of hired goons used as the Foremans personal thug police. Most proles die within three days of crawling out of the ground from non-stop work, enemy shelling or horrific conditions.

SLUMTOWN’s territory is organized into administrative divisions called Meridians, the biggest being Meridian Two.

PROSTUDA

Spans the entire Northeast. PROSTUDA's ideology is Orthodox Collectivism.

HEATSTROKE

Spans the entire South. HEATSTROKE's ideology is THEOCRATIC ABSOLUTISM.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Between the superstates lies a continent-sized, hellish no-man's-land called the Disputed Territory, fought over by the 3 nations. Not just trenches, but ruined cities, poisoned bogs, and constant low-intensity warfare. It's where soldiers are sent to die from constant bombardment, and where all surplus production and excess population is sent.

The only thing they have in common is what everyone hates.

Hoodlums are general criminals and misfits of society. thieves, murderers, arsonists, and other unwanteds. They are independent and are usually shot on sight except by others like them. This has done little to deter Hoodlums however, who have learned that most people are too busy dying to spend much time looking for them. Most Hoodlums claim they're just trying to survive. A few will admit if pressed, that they also find arson deeply satisfying.

The degeneracy and depravity inside SLUMTOWN caused a cult to form inside it's walls. Followers of the ROT seek to spread the ROT and harness its power for their own ends, performing rituals and sacrifices to appease its hunger for life force. The ROT, for its part has never confirmed or denied any of this. The Cult of ROT operates in cells making them difficult to track and even harder to eliminate. They see anyone who rejects the ROT as an enemy though this hasn't stopped them from trying to convert a few.

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WHAT THE FUCK?

The world is dead, or close enough. War, ideology, and the failure of grand experiments have carved a scar across the earth. Civilization as it was once known is buried beneath ash and rust. In its place stand three gargantuan power blocs, each an empire of ideology and war.

These superstates: SLUMTOWN, PROSTUDA, and HEATSTROKE constantly shift between war and ceasefire locked in a permanent state of tension. They stretch across what can be called continents, each one dominating vast, scarred landscapes. Outside their borders lie failed nations, dead zones, and cultural ruins.

THE STORY OF EVERYTHING

Before the existence of SLUMTOWN there were tribes of rotten people. Communes banded together in the name of survival. Like any other group of sentient life in the wasteland, they fought. Fought for food, resource, land disputes or simply because others looked different. The rotten people persisted and found the power and comfort of machinery. Fueled by fire, working with smoke. No longer was survival the main purpose in life. As chieftains and shamans became lords and dictators. The strive for expansion began. The tribes united by force became SLUMTOWN. The machine yearned for more space and mineral. The slums were settled. Cities built to fuel the hunger of an ever growing force never seen before.

In other corners of the world, similar unifications occurred. Broken nations and warlord states were forcibly absorbed or devoured by ascending ideologies. The massive devastation of the Grand War, a worldwide collapse of fragile democracies and burning cities, forced these powers into existence.

After the collapse, what remained hardened into three central superstates. Borders were drawn not for peace, but to ensure endless tension. Each state maintains the illusion of permanence while barely holding back internal rot and revolt.

WHERE IS THIS?

SLUMTOWN

SLUMTOWN was founded as a result of an anti-capitalist revolution. It aimed to be the ultimate liberation of its proletariat, but soon forgot about it. The time when the Party gained such power or even the method used can be defined or trusted.

The political ideology of SLUMTOWN is UNIFIED SOCIALISM. The language of SLUMTOWN is SLUMSPEAK. The currency of SLUMTOWN is the STERLING.

SLUMTOWN is run by the Party divided into Inner Party (2%) and Outer Party (8%), which is controlled by the former. The Governor is considered the leader of the state.

Social structure of the nation consists of two strata:

Upper Strata - Unofficially called GLASSTOWN: It serves as the center of all party authority and power. Terror, surveillance and elimination of dissidents is used as a tool of keeping power here. All the upper strata is in disrepair with GLASSTOWN being only made of abandoned suburbs and concrete skyscrapers. Despite what the name suggests, GLASSTOWN doesn't actually have that much glass, being mostly made up of gray concrete. GLASSTOWN is not the capital of SLUMTOWN though, SLUMTOWN has none. This decentralization makes every city within the SLUMTOWN believe that it is the center of affairs, thus avoiding the feeling of being colonized as there is no distant capital to direct any form of dissent.

Lower Strata: Where 90% of the population (proletariat) live and work. Life within the strata consists of hard industrial factory work until death, very heavy pollution, and violence by Foremen and Corpse Control. There are at least tens of thousands of districts within the Lower Strata, all ruled by Foremen and their squads of goons. The lower strata is divided into hundreds of thousands of districts, each ruled by paranoid dictators called Foremen. Corpse Control is a local sanitation force consisting of hired goons used as the Foremans personal thug police. Most proles die within three days of crawling out of the ground from non-stop work, enemy shelling or horrific conditions.

SLUMTOWN’s territory is organized into administrative divisions called Meridians, the biggest being Meridian Two.

PROSTUDA

Spans the entire Northeast. PROSTUDA's ideology is Orthodox Collectivism.

HEATSTROKE

Spans the entire South. HEATSTROKE's ideology is THEOCRATIC ABSOLUTISM.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Between the superstates lies a continent-sized, hellish no-man's-land called the Disputed Territory, fought over by the 3 nations. Not just trenches, but ruined cities, poisoned bogs, and constant low-intensity warfare. It's where soldiers are sent to die from constant bombardment, and where all surplus production and excess population is sent.

Listen carefully.

The Foreman is the dictator of a single district in Lower SLUMTOWN. He answers to the Party, but within his territory he's free to do whatever he wants. He controls the quotas, the rations, the CC, and the sanitars. The Corpse Control serve as his personal thugs. He hires them, equips them, and uses them as his tentacles. In return they get better rations, better gear and the privilege of hurting people without consequence. The Foreman himself lives in relative comfort. He has a private office called the FOREBUNKER, a clean uniform, and his own personal sidearm.
The Nadzor is the Prostudan commander responsible for mounting assaults on SLUMTOWNian districts. He doesn't fight in the front lines. He plans, coordinates and sends waves of soldiers into the meat grinder.
The Emir is the Heatstrokian commander responsible for mounting assaults on SLUMTOWNian districts. He doesn't fight in the front lines. He plans, coordinates and sends waves of mercenaries into the meat grinder.

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WHAT THE FUCK?

The world is dead, or close enough. War, ideology, and the failure of grand experiments have carved a scar across the earth. Civilization as it was once known is buried beneath ash and rust. In its place stand three gargantuan power blocs, each an empire of ideology and war.

These superstates: SLUMTOWN, PROSTUDA, and HEATSTROKE constantly shift between war and ceasefire locked in a permanent state of tension. They stretch across what can be called continents, each one dominating vast, scarred landscapes. Outside their borders lie failed nations, dead zones, and cultural ruins.

THE STORY OF EVERYTHING

Before the existence of SLUMTOWN there were tribes of rotten people. Communes banded together in the name of survival. Like any other group of sentient life in the wasteland, they fought. Fought for food, resource, land disputes or simply because others looked different. The rotten people persisted and found the power and comfort of machinery. Fueled by fire, working with smoke. No longer was survival the main purpose in life. As chieftains and shamans became lords and dictators. The strive for expansion began. The tribes united by force became SLUMTOWN. The machine yearned for more space and mineral. The slums were settled. Cities built to fuel the hunger of an ever growing force never seen before.

In other corners of the world, similar unifications occurred. Broken nations and warlord states were forcibly absorbed or devoured by ascending ideologies. The massive devastation of the Grand War, a worldwide collapse of fragile democracies and burning cities, forced these powers into existence.

After the collapse, what remained hardened into three central superstates. Borders were drawn not for peace, but to ensure endless tension. Each state maintains the illusion of permanence while barely holding back internal rot and revolt.

WHERE IS THIS?

SLUMTOWN

SLUMTOWN was founded as a result of an anti-capitalist revolution. It aimed to be the ultimate liberation of its proletariat, but soon forgot about it. The time when the Party gained such power or even the method used can be defined or trusted.

The political ideology of SLUMTOWN is UNIFIED SOCIALISM. The language of SLUMTOWN is SLUMSPEAK. The currency of SLUMTOWN is the STERLING.

SLUMTOWN is run by the Party divided into Inner Party (2%) and Outer Party (8%), which is controlled by the former. The Governor is considered the leader of the state.

Social structure of the nation consists of two strata:

Upper Strata - Unofficially called GLASSTOWN: It serves as the center of all party authority and power. Terror, surveillance and elimination of dissidents is used as a tool of keeping power here. All the upper strata is in disrepair with GLASSTOWN being only made of abandoned suburbs and concrete skyscrapers. Despite what the name suggests, GLASSTOWN doesn't actually have that much glass, being mostly made up of gray concrete. GLASSTOWN is not the capital of SLUMTOWN though, SLUMTOWN has none. This decentralization makes every city within the SLUMTOWN believe that it is the center of affairs, thus avoiding the feeling of being colonized as there is no distant capital to direct any form of dissent.

Lower Strata: Where 90% of the population (proletariat) live and work. Life within the strata consists of hard industrial factory work until death, very heavy pollution, and violence by Foremen and Corpse Control. There are at least tens of thousands of districts within the Lower Strata, all ruled by Foremen and their squads of goons. The lower strata is divided into hundreds of thousands of districts, each ruled by paranoid dictators called Foremen. Corpse Control is a local sanitation force consisting of hired goons used as the Foremans personal thug police. Most proles die within three days of crawling out of the ground from non-stop work, enemy shelling or horrific conditions.

SLUMTOWN’s territory is organized into administrative divisions called Meridians, the biggest being Meridian Two.

PROSTUDA

Spans the entire Northeast. PROSTUDA's ideology is Orthodox Collectivism.

HEATSTROKE

Spans the entire South. HEATSTROKE's ideology is THEOCRATIC ABSOLUTISM.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Between the superstates lies a continent-sized, hellish no-man's-land called the Disputed Territory, fought over by the 3 nations. Not just trenches, but ruined cities, poisoned bogs, and constant low-intensity warfare. It's where soldiers are sent to die from constant bombardment, and where all surplus production and excess population is sent.

Hail! Hail!

The Corpse Control is an unofficial paramilitary of Lower SLUMTOWN made up of loyal goons and drones who follow the Foreman's orders without hesitation. Part of the Foreman’s hired thug police. They are ready to protect the Foreman’s name, even at the cost of their own lives. They scour the streets for anything that threatens SLUMTOWN’s stability and the Foreman himself. Breaking up protests and strikes, beating unworking proles, and publicly executing the undesirable are just a few of their many responsibilities. A CC squad is usually lead by a Sergeant. They aren't formally trained. They're chosen for loyalty, not marksmanship. Most can't hit a target at fifty meters. The Corpse Control answers only to the Foreman, though in practice, the Sergeant handles the day to day.

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WHAT THE FUCK?

The world is dead, or close enough. War, ideology, and the failure of grand experiments have carved a scar across the earth. Civilization as it was once known is buried beneath ash and rust. In its place stand three gargantuan power blocs, each an empire of ideology and war.

These superstates: SLUMTOWN, PROSTUDA, and HEATSTROKE constantly shift between war and ceasefire locked in a permanent state of tension. They stretch across what can be called continents, each one dominating vast, scarred landscapes. Outside their borders lie failed nations, dead zones, and cultural ruins.

THE STORY OF EVERYTHING

Before the existence of SLUMTOWN there were tribes of rotten people. Communes banded together in the name of survival. Like any other group of sentient life in the wasteland, they fought. Fought for food, resource, land disputes or simply because others looked different. The rotten people persisted and found the power and comfort of machinery. Fueled by fire, working with smoke. No longer was survival the main purpose in life. As chieftains and shamans became lords and dictators. The strive for expansion began. The tribes united by force became SLUMTOWN. The machine yearned for more space and mineral. The slums were settled. Cities built to fuel the hunger of an ever growing force never seen before.

In other corners of the world, similar unifications occurred. Broken nations and warlord states were forcibly absorbed or devoured by ascending ideologies. The massive devastation of the Grand War, a worldwide collapse of fragile democracies and burning cities, forced these powers into existence.

After the collapse, what remained hardened into three central superstates. Borders were drawn not for peace, but to ensure endless tension. Each state maintains the illusion of permanence while barely holding back internal rot and revolt.

WHERE IS THIS?

SLUMTOWN

SLUMTOWN was founded as a result of an anti-capitalist revolution. It aimed to be the ultimate liberation of its proletariat, but soon forgot about it. The time when the Party gained such power or even the method used can be defined or trusted.

The political ideology of SLUMTOWN is UNIFIED SOCIALISM. The language of SLUMTOWN is SLUMSPEAK. The currency of SLUMTOWN is the STERLING.

SLUMTOWN is run by the Party divided into Inner Party (2%) and Outer Party (8%), which is controlled by the former. The Governor is considered the leader of the state.

Social structure of the nation consists of two strata:

Upper Strata - Unofficially called GLASSTOWN: It serves as the center of all party authority and power. Terror, surveillance and elimination of dissidents is used as a tool of keeping power here. All the upper strata is in disrepair with GLASSTOWN being only made of abandoned suburbs and concrete skyscrapers. Despite what the name suggests, GLASSTOWN doesn't actually have that much glass, being mostly made up of gray concrete. GLASSTOWN is not the capital of SLUMTOWN though, SLUMTOWN has none. This decentralization makes every city within the SLUMTOWN believe that it is the center of affairs, thus avoiding the feeling of being colonized as there is no distant capital to direct any form of dissent.

Lower Strata: Where 90% of the population (proletariat) live and work. Life within the strata consists of hard industrial factory work until death, very heavy pollution, and violence by Foremen and Corpse Control. There are at least tens of thousands of districts within the Lower Strata, all ruled by Foremen and their squads of goons. The lower strata is divided into hundreds of thousands of districts, each ruled by paranoid dictators called Foremen. Corpse Control is a local sanitation force consisting of hired goons used as the Foremans personal thug police. Most proles die within three days of crawling out of the ground from non-stop work, enemy shelling or horrific conditions.

SLUMTOWN’s territory is organized into administrative divisions called Meridians, the biggest being Meridian Two.

PROSTUDA

Spans the entire Northeast. PROSTUDA's ideology is Orthodox Collectivism.

HEATSTROKE

Spans the entire South. HEATSTROKE's ideology is THEOCRATIC ABSOLUTISM.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Between the superstates lies a continent-sized, hellish no-man's-land called the Disputed Territory, fought over by the 3 nations. Not just trenches, but ruined cities, poisoned bogs, and constant low-intensity warfare. It's where soldiers are sent to die from constant bombardment, and where all surplus production and excess population is sent.

United in Labor?

The Proletarian masses make up 90% of SLUMTOWN's population. Proles operate the factories of Lower SLUMTOWN and fuel the war effort until their bodies give out, usually within three days of crawling out of the ground. Big words are difficult for them since many of the proletariat lack education. As a result they refer to themselves and their peers as "Proles". The Foreman and his drones keep them in line with beatings, quotas, and the constant threat of the rendering pit.

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WHAT THE FUCK?

The world is dead, or close enough. War, ideology, and the failure of grand experiments have carved a scar across the earth. Civilization as it was once known is buried beneath ash and rust. In its place stand three gargantuan power blocs, each an empire of ideology and war.

These superstates: SLUMTOWN, PROSTUDA, and HEATSTROKE constantly shift between war and ceasefire locked in a permanent state of tension. They stretch across what can be called continents, each one dominating vast, scarred landscapes. Outside their borders lie failed nations, dead zones, and cultural ruins.

THE STORY OF EVERYTHING

Before the existence of SLUMTOWN there were tribes of rotten people. Communes banded together in the name of survival. Like any other group of sentient life in the wasteland, they fought. Fought for food, resource, land disputes or simply because others looked different. The rotten people persisted and found the power and comfort of machinery. Fueled by fire, working with smoke. No longer was survival the main purpose in life. As chieftains and shamans became lords and dictators. The strive for expansion began. The tribes united by force became SLUMTOWN. The machine yearned for more space and mineral. The slums were settled. Cities built to fuel the hunger of an ever growing force never seen before.

In other corners of the world, similar unifications occurred. Broken nations and warlord states were forcibly absorbed or devoured by ascending ideologies. The massive devastation of the Grand War, a worldwide collapse of fragile democracies and burning cities, forced these powers into existence.

After the collapse, what remained hardened into three central superstates. Borders were drawn not for peace, but to ensure endless tension. Each state maintains the illusion of permanence while barely holding back internal rot and revolt.

WHERE IS THIS?

SLUMTOWN

SLUMTOWN was founded as a result of an anti-capitalist revolution. It aimed to be the ultimate liberation of its proletariat, but soon forgot about it. The time when the Party gained such power or even the method used can be defined or trusted.

The political ideology of SLUMTOWN is UNIFIED SOCIALISM. The language of SLUMTOWN is SLUMSPEAK. The currency of SLUMTOWN is the STERLING.

SLUMTOWN is run by the Party divided into Inner Party (2%) and Outer Party (8%), which is controlled by the former. The Governor is considered the leader of the state.

Social structure of the nation consists of two strata:

Upper Strata - Unofficially called GLASSTOWN: It serves as the center of all party authority and power. Terror, surveillance and elimination of dissidents is used as a tool of keeping power here. All the upper strata is in disrepair with GLASSTOWN being only made of abandoned suburbs and concrete skyscrapers. Despite what the name suggests, GLASSTOWN doesn't actually have that much glass, being mostly made up of gray concrete. GLASSTOWN is not the capital of SLUMTOWN though, SLUMTOWN has none. This decentralization makes every city within the SLUMTOWN believe that it is the center of affairs, thus avoiding the feeling of being colonized as there is no distant capital to direct any form of dissent.

Lower Strata: Where 90% of the population (proletariat) live and work. Life within the strata consists of hard industrial factory work until death, very heavy pollution, and violence by Foremen and Corpse Control. There are at least tens of thousands of districts within the Lower Strata, all ruled by Foremen and their squads of goons. The lower strata is divided into hundreds of thousands of districts, each ruled by paranoid dictators called Foremen. Corpse Control is a local sanitation force consisting of hired goons used as the Foremans personal thug police. Most proles die within three days of crawling out of the ground from non-stop work, enemy shelling or horrific conditions.

SLUMTOWN’s territory is organized into administrative divisions called Meridians, the biggest being Meridian Two.

PROSTUDA

Spans the entire Northeast. PROSTUDA's ideology is Orthodox Collectivism.

HEATSTROKE

Spans the entire South. HEATSTROKE's ideology is THEOCRATIC ABSOLUTISM.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Between the superstates lies a continent-sized, hellish no-man's-land called the Disputed Territory, fought over by the 3 nations. Not just trenches, but ruined cities, poisoned bogs, and constant low-intensity warfare. It's where soldiers are sent to die from constant bombardment, and where all surplus production and excess population is sent.

This is a piece I made a while ago so when I was still experimenting with my artstyle. The soldiers are Prostudan

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WHAT THE FUCK?

The world is dead, or close enough. War, ideology, and the failure of grand experiments have carved a scar across the earth. Civilization as it was once known is buried beneath ash and rust. In its place stand three gargantuan power blocs, each an empire of ideology and war.

These superstates: SLUMTOWN, PROSTUDA, and HEATSTROKE constantly shift between war and ceasefire locked in a permanent state of tension. They stretch across what can be called continents, each one dominating vast, scarred landscapes. Outside their borders lie failed nations, dead zones, and cultural ruins.

THE STORY OF EVERYTHING

Before the existence of SLUMTOWN there were tribes of rotten people. Communes banded together in the name of survival. Like any other group of sentient life in the wasteland, they fought. Fought for food, resource, land disputes or simply because others looked different. The rotten people persisted and found the power and comfort of machinery. Fueled by fire, working with smoke. No longer was survival the main purpose in life. As chieftains and shamans became lords and dictators. The strive for expansion began. The tribes united by force became SLUMTOWN. The machine yearned for more space and mineral. The slums were settled. Cities built to fuel the hunger of an ever growing force never seen before.

In other corners of the world, similar unifications occurred. Broken nations and warlord states were forcibly absorbed or devoured by ascending ideologies. The massive devastation of the Grand War, a worldwide collapse of fragile democracies and burning cities, forced these powers into existence.

After the collapse, what remained hardened into three central superstates. Borders were drawn not for peace, but to ensure endless tension. Each state maintains the illusion of permanence while barely holding back internal rot and revolt.

WHERE IS THIS?

SLUMTOWN

SLUMTOWN was founded as a result of an anti-capitalist revolution. It aimed to be the ultimate liberation of its proletariat, but soon forgot about it. The time when the Party gained such power or even the method used can be defined or trusted.

The political ideology of SLUMTOWN is UNIFIED SOCIALISM. The language of SLUMTOWN is SLUMSPEAK. The currency of SLUMTOWN is the STERLING.

SLUMTOWN is run by the Party divided into Inner Party (2%) and Outer Party (8%), which is controlled by the former. The Governor is considered the leader of the state.

Social structure of the nation consists of two strata:

Upper Strata - Unofficially called GLASSTOWN: It serves as the center of all party authority and power. Terror, surveillance and elimination of dissidents is used as a tool of keeping power here. All the upper strata is in disrepair with GLASSTOWN being only made of abandoned suburbs and concrete skyscrapers. Despite what the name suggests, GLASSTOWN doesn't actually have that much glass, being mostly made up of gray concrete. GLASSTOWN is not the capital of SLUMTOWN though, SLUMTOWN has none. This decentralization makes every city within the SLUMTOWN believe that it is the center of affairs, thus avoiding the feeling of being colonized as there is no distant capital to direct any form of dissent.

Lower Strata: Where 90% of the population (proletariat) live and work. Life within the strata consists of hard industrial factory work until death, very heavy pollution, and violence by Foremen and Corpse Control. There are at least tens of thousands of districts within the Lower Strata, all ruled by Foremen and their squads of goons. The lower strata is divided into hundreds of thousands of districts, each ruled by paranoid dictators called Foremen. Corpse Control is a local sanitation force consisting of hired goons used as the Foremans personal thug police. Most proles die within three days of crawling out of the ground from non-stop work, enemy shelling or horrific conditions.

SLUMTOWN’s territory is organized into administrative divisions called Meridians, the biggest being Meridian Two.

PROSTUDA

Spans the entire Northeast. PROSTUDA's ideology is Orthodox Collectivism.

HEATSTROKE

Spans the entire South. HEATSTROKE's ideology is THEOCRATIC ABSOLUTISM.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Between the superstates lies a continent-sized, hellish no-man's-land called the Disputed Territory, fought over by the 3 nations. Not just trenches, but ruined cities, poisoned bogs, and constant low-intensity warfare. It's where soldiers are sent to die from constant bombardment, and where all surplus production and excess population is sent.

WHAT THE FUCK?

The world is dead, or close enough. War, ideology, and the failure of grand experiments have carved a scar across the earth. Civilization as it was once known is buried beneath ash and rust. In its place stand three gargantuan power blocs, each an empire of ideology and war.

These superstates: SLUMTOWN, PROSTUDA, and HEATSTROKE constantly shift between war and ceasefire locked in a permanent state of tension. They stretch across what can be called continents, each one dominating vast, scarred landscapes. Outside their borders lie failed nations, dead zones, and cultural ruins.

THE STORY OF EVERYTHING

Before the existence of SLUMTOWN there were tribes of rotten people. Communes banded together in the name of survival. Like any other group of sentient life in the wasteland, they fought. Fought for food, resource, land disputes or simply because others looked different. The rotten people persisted and found the power and comfort of machinery. Fueled by fire, working with smoke. No longer was survival the main purpose in life. As chieftains and shamans became lords and dictators. The strive for expansion began. The tribes united by force became SLUMTOWN. The machine yearned for more space and mineral. The slums were settled. Cities built to fuel the hunger of an ever growing force never seen before.

In other corners of the world, similar unifications occurred. Broken nations and warlord states were forcibly absorbed or devoured by ascending ideologies. The massive devastation of the Grand War, a worldwide collapse of fragile democracies and burning cities, forced these powers into existence.

After the collapse, what remained hardened into three central superstates. Borders were drawn not for peace, but to ensure endless tension. Each state maintains the illusion of permanence while barely holding back internal rot and revolt.

WHERE IS THIS?

SLUMTOWN

SLUMTOWN was founded as a result of an anti-capitalist revolution. It aimed to be the ultimate liberation of its proletariat, but soon forgot about it. The time when the Party gained such power or even the method used can be defined or trusted.

The political ideology of SLUMTOWN is UNIFIED SOCIALISM. The language of SLUMTOWN is SLUMSPEAK. The currency of SLUMTOWN is the STERLING.

SLUMTOWN is run by the Party divided into Inner Party (2%) and Outer Party (8%), which is controlled by the former. The Governor is considered the leader of the state.

Social structure of the nation consists of two strata:

Upper Strata - Unofficially called GLASSTOWN: It serves as the center of all party authority and power. Terror, surveillance and elimination of dissidents is used as a tool of keeping power here. All the upper strata is in disrepair with GLASSTOWN being only made of abandoned suburbs and concrete skyscrapers. Despite what the name suggests, GLASSTOWN doesn't actually have that much glass, being mostly made up of gray concrete. GLASSTOWN is not the capital of SLUMTOWN though, SLUMTOWN has none. This decentralization makes every city within the SLUMTOWN believe that it is the center of affairs, thus avoiding the feeling of being colonized as there is no distant capital to direct any form of dissent.

Lower Strata: Where 90% of the population (proletariat) live and work. Life within the strata consists of hard industrial factory work until death, very heavy pollution, and violence by Foremen and Corpse Control. There are at least tens of thousands of districts within the Lower Strata, all ruled by Foremen and their squads of goons. The lower strata is divided into hundreds of thousands of districts, each ruled by paranoid dictators called Foremen. Corpse Control is a local sanitation force consisting of hired goons used as the Foremans personal thug police. Most proles die within three days of crawling out of the ground from non-stop work, enemy shelling or horrific conditions.

SLUMTOWN’s territory is organized into administrative divisions called Meridians, the biggest being Meridian Two.

PROSTUDA

Spans the entire Northeast. PROSTUDA's ideology is Orthodox Collectivism.

HEATSTROKE

Spans the entire South. HEATSTROKE's ideology is THEOCRATIC ABSOLUTISM.

DISPUTED TERRITORY

Between the superstates lies a continent-sized, hellish no-man's-land called the Disputed Territory, fought over by the 3 nations. Not just trenches, but ruined cities, poisoned bogs, and constant low-intensity warfare. It's where soldiers are sent to die from constant bombardment, and where all surplus production and excess population is sent.